Scout-O-Rama Slated Nov 16 In Ada at Agriculture Center
Scouts from the Harry Miller District plan Scout-O-Rama at the Livestock Pavilion on North Broadway. About 550 boys from Cubs to Explorers will display skills in 32 units from 7 30 to 9 15 p m with 50 cent tickets. proceeds fund district programs. Clarence Shiplett chairs with a nine member committee handling program publicity participation health safety arrangements construction ticket judging and concessions.
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Agriculture Center
North Broadway
Harry Miller
Clarence Shiplett
Frank Crabtree
Paul Evans
Howard Elliott
Harvey Shipman
John Netherton
Dennis Williams
Bobby Thompson
Ken Lafferty
Francis Mayhue
Konawan Killed In Tuesday Crash North Of Asher
Konawa conservation aide John Williams Mercer aged 58 was killed in a two vehicle crash in Potawatomi County near Asher. Mercer traveled east in a government owned pickup. Clarence Herndon of Asher driving a McClure Butane truck was southbound and survived. Mercer had served with the Soil Conservation Service since 1945.
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Konawa
John Williams Mercer
McClure Butane Service
Herndon
Mercer
Soil Conservation Service
Postmaster Sets Christmas Parcel Mailing Deadlines
Postmaster Hicks A Smith Jr announced Christmas mailing deadlines. Domestic distant parcels must ship by December 2, local areas by December 14. Greeting cards distant states by December 11, local by December 16. Service to servicemen abroad: Surface by November 9, Space Available by November 23, Parcel Air Lift by November 30, Airmail by December 11. Last year Vietnam mail volume was about 50 pounds per recipient.
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Hicks A. Smith Jr
Parcel Air Lift
Vietnam
Brockway's President Honors Plant Employees at Service Banquet
Brockway Glass Co. honored 29 employees for a combined 775 years of service at the 1968 Service Awards Banquet at Oak Hills Country Club. President D. L. Sheesley highlighted Ada plant gains and Brockway's growth from 11 workers in 1907 to 8,302 employees across 13 plants.
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Brockway Glass Co
Oak Hills Country Club
D. L. Sheesley
Brockway
R. D. Carlton
Muskogee
John Cooper
Ada
Harold L. Geiger
Walter A. Robinson
Leroy
Archie Sims
M. Luther Faust
Jesse R. Lockhart
Thomas H Shook
W. Howard Whitehead
Dewey L. Cantrell
Warren G. Fowler
Robert L. Golden
Calvin M. Johnson
Elmer Lee
William H. Leonard
Audie L. Nelson
Joe Pittman
Joe D. Potts
Joseph W. Fowler
Lester O. Abbott
Mearl A. Gregory
Lfred M. Neely
Kathleen R. Wade
Pansy M. Craddock
Lois L. Davis
Marilyn E. Stick
Mhe
Sheesley
Carlton
OEA Chief Praises youths as finest amid talk on education
Charles Holleyman, president of the Oklahoma Education Association and Mustang schools superintendent, told Ada Lions Club members that 95 to 96 percent of today’s youth are the finest. He urged better parent child communication and warned education must keep pace with changing eras, stressing work dignity.
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Charles Holleyman
Oklahoma Education Association
Ada Lions Club
Holleyman
Mustang
East Central State College
The
Lions Club
Ada
Lions
Ada Teen Dies In Crestview Ave Car Crash
A 17 year old Ada resident Alan James Etier died at the hospital after a Friday night crash on Crestview Avenue when his Opel lost control. Passenger E L Shippey 17 was treated for injuries and listed in fair condition. The wreck also damaged a parked car from Arrow Pump and Supply Co. and prompted fire department response to gasoline leakage. Etier’s service was held at First Baptist Church with arrangements by Smith Funeral Home.
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Adan
Crestview Ave
Alan James Etier
Ada
Arrivapital
Etier
E. L. Shippey
Doris Shippey
S. Cherry
Young Eller
Crestview
Jimmy Don Walker
Walker
Arrow Pump and Supply Co
N. Broadway
Eller
Opel
Alva Lee Bell
8Th
Hope
First Baptist Church
David G. Hause
Smith Funeral Home
Alan
al) James Etier
E. H
Lee Eleanor Donaghe Etier
Ada High School
Marc E
Richard
Ricky
Jill Botkin
Denver
Ruth Eller
Mill Creek
Belle Donaghe
Joe Krause
Tommy Krause
Dewayne Smith
Tony Tweedy
Sammy Cooper
Bobby Stratford
Charles Whitlock
Ricky Mayhue
E. 10Th
Trudy Ann Dveney
S. Ash
Barbara Jean Ragland
Rebekah Mungle
E. H. Eller
Valley View Hos
Factor Enters Innocent Plea and Is Sent for Observation
Factor pleaded innocent to murder at arraignment before County Judge James Mathers and was ordered sent to Central State Hospital in Norman for mental observation. If Norman reports sanity, a preliminary hearing will be held. The 31 year old wife Juanita was killed. Factor, a Chickasaw, faced a mass manhunt and was arrested with his four year old son Donald after 12 days.
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Tishomingo
Juanita
Oklahoma City
Factor
Oklahoma
Johnston County
Donald
Chickasaw Pow-Wow at Byng Meeting Saturday
About five hundred Chickasaw Indians are expected at the Byng community building Saturday at 10 a.m. for the annual tribal meeting. Gov. Overton James and Housing Authority officials will attend to discuss the Chickasaw housing program. Lunch at noon will include pashora and barbecue.
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Byng
Overton James
Housing Authority
Higher Parcel Post Rates Set To Take Effect Saturday
Postmaster Hicks A Smith Jr announced new parcel post and catalog rates approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission will raise costs by about 10.5 percent. Local parcel delivery minimum rises from 40 to 50 cents and outside area minimum from 50 to 60 cents. Most parcels up to 1.10 will add 10 cents, with larger increases on mid range parcels.
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Hicks A. Smith Jr
Interstate Commerce Commission
Parcel Post
Smith
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Ada Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Konawan
Asher
OEA
East Central
University of Oklahoma
Harmon Ebey
Ebey
Hoyle Byrd
Byrd
Jack Childress
Hi Martin
Martin Childress
Stonewall
Here
Bob Langley
Donald Factor
Loy Factor
Daisy Stout
Don Cook
Norman
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